title: Grading on a curve: the use and disadvantage of the standardized mortality ratio.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Hippen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012042:Registries